Oil on linen, signed lower right, presented in a gilt frame with linen liner and gilt fillet.

Stretcher dimensions 20 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 28.5 x 32.25 in.

From the Estate of the late Ruth J. Hope, DeBordieu Colony, Georgetown, South Carolina

Eszter Mattioni is a well known Hungarian artist who studied at the Applied Arts Vocational School, then continued her studies at the High School of Fine Arts under professor Gyula Rudnay. Between 1931 and 1942 she worked alongside a group of artists kown as Zugliget, which included Vilmos Aba-Novák, Károly Patkó, Emil Kelemen, Jenő Barcsay and Ernő Bánk. She also made study trips to Italy in 1935 and Scandinavia. In 1946, she became Member of the Pál Szinyei Merse Society which featured the most prominent painters of Hungary.

Good estate condition.